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\u201cI\u2019ve been on the record saying this a lot, like we\u2019re playing for a 20 million dollar prize fund this week. That would have never happened if LIV hadn\u2019t have come around.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everyone\u2019s just got to get over it and we all have to say \u2018okay, this is the starting point and we move forward\u2019. We don\u2019t look behind us, we don\u2019t look to the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever\u2019s happened has happened and it\u2019s been unfortunate, but reunification, how we all come back together and move forward, that\u2019s the best thing for everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people are butt-hurt or have their feelings hurt because guys went or whatever, like who cares? Let\u2019s move forward together and let\u2019s just try to get this thing going again and do what\u2019s best for the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
WILL RORY PLAY ON LIV GOLF<\/h3>\n
Whether that extends to McIlroy himself playing in LIV Golf events appears unlikely however.<\/p>\n
McIlroy responded, \u201cI hope not,\u201d when asked if there needed to be some \u201ccrossover\u201d between the rival tours, before expanding on how the two entities could exist in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see, we\u2019ll see,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cDo they take up a smaller part of the schedule maybe?<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are certain markets that their product has worked, in Adelaide for example this week. So are there certain markets where we try to cherry pick the best ones that make sense and try to do something with them?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rory McIlroy has revealed that he played golf with Donald Trump before his inauguration and claimed the US president is \u201con the PGA Tour\u2019s side\u201d when it comes to golf\u2019s civil war. In a wide-ranging press conference ahead of the Genesis Invitational, McIlroy said he learned that Trump is not a fan of LIV Golf\u2019s 54-hole format, which includes team and individual elements and a shotgun start. McIlroy, who initially played golf with Trump in February 2017, said in 2020 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[445,439],"tags":[1117,1409,551,550],"class_list":["post-28859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-tour-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-liv-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-rory-mcilroy"],"yoast_head":"\n